Vegetable-cutter.



-ITED diagonal horizontal knives, whereby the ma terial operated upon is cut horizontally-and V knives. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional central PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE M; intror, or 'KYAnA, INDIANA, nssrenon or ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH wnL'r, or SAME PLACE,

VEG ETA'BLE-CUTTER.

srncrrrcnrron armpm of metasta s); ceases, dated September 26, 1899.

npplication'filed May 1 1899. seriitiiia wezs. (N0 medeLi To all whom, it mag/concern.-

Beit known that I, Jnssn M. Lrnnr oaa citi zen of the United States, residing at Kyan'a,

in the countyof Dubois and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vegetabie Outters, of which the following 1 ,or frame A is a hopper M, which extends is a specification.

My invention relates to.impifoveiueutsin vegetable cutters; and it consists ina cut-'1 ter constructed and arranged ashereinafter shown and described.

of diagonallyarranged upwardly inclined knives and oneor more longitudinally-an ranged and verticallyextending supports for the blades intermediate their ends, the said support or supports having projecting vertical knives in rear of the'cutting edge of the also vertically for dividing it into small par ticles. 7 I I p In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig.- 2 is a detached perspec tive view of the knife-carrying plate and the view taken through the knife supporting plate and transverse the horizontal knives. v

Referringnow to thedrawin gs,A indicates a rectangular frame supported at its corners by the feet B. Projecting from one end of the frame or base A are the standards 0, and journaled in the upper ends of these standards is a transverse shaft D. 'lhis'shafthas both ends projected through the standards and one end provided with an operating crankhandleE and the opposite end with a balance-wheel F. v I

Projecting from the end of the rectangular frame below .the transverse shaft is a stand.

ard G, and journaled in this standard 1 and the adjacent standard O-is a short shaft H, having its inner end projecting through the standard G and provided with a crank-pin. I and carrying a pinion or cog wheel J between the standards 0 and G. The transverse'shaft thereabove carries I a cog awheei K, which meshes with the pinion orwheel J and the cog-wheel Kis preferably larger than the pin- :Supported at'the opposite end of the base transverse the'fraine and has its ends resting upon the sidebars thereof, This hopper has an open lower end and is provided with a fol- .lower N for forcing the material therein in contact with the cutters.

Secured to the inner sides of the side bars of'tlie frame A are the supportingguideways P,upon which rest the ends of a knife-carry ing plate Q. This knife-carrying plate Q is provided with a diagonal opening R, inter- Jndiate its ends, and situated in thisopening Rare a plurality of horizontal diagonallyextending and upwardly-inclined knives S, whereby a drawing out is effected upon the material being operated upon. For. the purpose of supporting and holding these horizont-al knives rigid at points intermediate their ends and also for the purpose of cutting the material operated upon vertically aswell ashorizontally, and th us dividing it into small pieces, are the verticallyarranged bars a, having the angular notches b the rear vertical walls'c of the notches formed into cutting edges for producing a vertical cut uponthe material acted upon, and thus dividing itinto small pieces. ports carrying the vertical knives arranged behind each of the horizontal knives; but it will be readily understood that one or as many as may be desired will be provided for dividing the material intolarge or small pieces.

,ion, wher'eb'y the shortshaft is revolved more rapidly than the transverse drivingeshaft.

I here show two of these sup- Having thus described my invention, what I I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patl. A cutter for vegetable-cutters comprising transversely-extending upwardly-inclined horizontal knives,aud alongitudinal supporti'ngbar situated beneath the knives and havcutter for vegetable-cutters comprising a plate having a, diagonal opening, horizontal knives extending transverse said opening and inclined upwardly and longitudinal supporting-bars beneath the knives and having angular notches with vertical rear cutting edges situated behind the horizontal knives, substantially as described.

1 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 1 my hand in the presence of two subscribing l witnesses. i JESSE M. LILLPOP.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. KESSNER, ISRAEL H. RAY. 

